Italy at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics

Italy competed at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece from 1 to 10 August 1997.

Italy at the
1997 World Championships in Athletics
IAAF codeITA
National federationFIDAL
Websitewww.fidal.it
in Athens
Competitors66 (40 men, 26 women)
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
3
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)

Medalists

AthleteGendreEventMedal
Annarita SidotiWomen10 Kilometres Race Walk Gold
Roberta BrunetWomen5000 metres Silver
Fiona MayWomenLong Jump Bronze

Finalists

The largest team of the Italy national athletics team (66 competitors) of ever time at the World Championships, ranked 6th (with 16 finalists) in the IAAF placing table. Rank obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists.[1]

RankCountry45678Pts
9 Italy1112204552

Results

Italy participated with 66 athletes by winning three medals.[2]

  Finalists (first eight positions)

Men (40)

Track and field events
EventAthleteResultPerformancesNotes
100 m Stefano TilliQuarter(6. nel 5qf with 10.36, n. in 4b with 10.25)
200 m Giovanni PuggioniQuarter(7. nel 4qf with 22.70, 1. in 5b with 20.73)
Carlo OcchienaQuarter(8. nel 2qf with 21.14, 3. in 4b with 20.90)
Alessandro AtteneHaat(5. in 6b with 20.92)
400 m Marco VaccariQuarter(7. nel 3qf with 46.32, 5. in 5b with 46.00)
800 m Andrea LongoQuarter(5. nel 4qf with 1:46.60, 3. in 2b with 1:46.79)
Giuseppe D'UrsoDNFin heat (ret. in 3b)
1500 m Gennaro Di NapoliSemi(8. in 2sf with 3:39.45, 5. in 4b with 3:37.50)
10,000 m Stefano Baldini9thwith 28:11.97 (10. in b with 28:07.81)
Marathon Danilo Goffi4thwith 2h14:47
Giacomo Leone7thwith 2h17:16
Francesco Ingargiola30.with 2h23:30;
Marcello CurioniDNFNM
Vincenzo ModicaDNFNM
3000 m st Angelo Carosi8thwith 8:16.01 (4. in 2sf with 8:20.82, 4. in 3b with 8:29.92)
Alessandro LambruschiniSemi(rit. in 1sf, 6. in 1b with 8:26.35)
Giuseppe MaffeiHaat(9. in 2b with 8:37.12)
400 m hs Fabrizio Mori4thwith 48.05 (2. in 3sf with 48.17, 1. in 2b with 48.93)
Ashraf SaberSemi(8. in 2sf with 49.36, 3. in 7b with 49.11)
Laurent OttozHaat(4. in 5b with 49.69)
Pole vault Fabio PizzolatoQual.with 5.60
Andrea GianniniQual.with 5.45
Long jump Paolo CamossiQual.(n.m.)
shot put Paolo Dal Soglio9thwith 19.77 (19.93 in qual.)
Corrado FantiniQual.with 19.30
Discus throw Diego FortunaQual.with 60.06
Hammer throw Enrico SgrullettiQual.with 74.70
Nicola VizzoniQual.with 73.42
Loris PaoluzziQual.with 71.50
Decathlon Beniamino PoserinaRet.NM
20 km walk Michele Didoni7thwith 1h23:14
Giovanni De Benedictis8thwith 1h23:33
Alessandro Gandellini12thwith 1h24:24
50 km walk Arturo Di Mezza8thwith 3h51:33
Giovanni Perricelli14thwith3h57:38
Orazio Romanzi28thwith 4h11:00
4 × 100 m relay National Team
Andrea Amici
Giovanni Puggioni
Carlo Occhiena
Sandro Floris
Semi(5. in 1sf with 38.77, 3. in 4b with 38.97)
4 × 400 m relay National Team
Ashraf Saber
Marco Vaccari
Andrea Nuti
Fabrizio Mori
7thwith 3:01.52 (2. in 3b with 3:01.75)

Women (26)

Track and field events
EventAthleteResultPerformancesNotes
100 m Manuela LevoratoHaat(4. in 3b with 11.57)
Giada GallinaHaat(6. in 5b with 11.64)
200 m Danielle PerpoliHaat(6. in 1b with 23.96)
400 m Patrizia SpuriQuarter(8. nel 3qf with 52.15, 3. in 3b with 52.54)
5000 m Roberta Brunet2ndwith 14:58.29 (4. in 1b with 15:29.03)
10,000 m Silvia Sommaggio9thwith 32:16.92 (4. in 1b with 33:08.19)
Marathon Ornella Ferrara5thwith 2h33:10
Franca Fiacconi13thwith 2h39:53
Laura Fogli24thwith 2h43:28
Anna Villani27thwith 2h43:58
Sonia MaccioniRet.NM
100 m hs Carla TuzziHaat(6. in 2b with 13.10)
400 m hs Carla BarbarinoHaat(6. in 3b with 57.05)
High jump Antonella Bevilacqua7thwith 1.93 (1.94 in qual.)
Long jump Fiona May3rdwith 6.91 (6.73 in qual.)
Triple jump Barbara LahQual.with 13.70
Antonella CapriottiQual.with 13.32
Shot put Mara RosolenQual.with 17.87
Discus throw Agnese Maffeis8thwith 61.40 (59.94 in qual.)
10 km walk Annarita Sidoti1stwith 42:55.49 (7. in 1b with 44:19.33)
Erica Alfridi5thwith 43:59.73 (1. in 2b with 44:32.04)
Elisabetta Perrone10thwith 45:16.64 (2. in 2b with 44:32.06)
4 × 100 m relay National Team
Elena Sordelli
Giada Gallina
Manuela Grillo
Manuela Levorato
Haat(7. in 1b with 44.16)
4 × 400 m relay National Team
Patrizia Spuri
Francesca Carbone
Carla Barbarino
Virna De Angeli
Danielle Perpoli
8thwith 3:30.63 (4. in 2b with 3:30.34)[3]

References

  1. "IAAF World Championships Athens 1997 - Placing table". iaaf.org. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. "Daeugu 2011 Media Guide" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 14 August 2017. see from page 48
  3. in batteria ha corso Danielle Perpoli al posto di Carla Barbarino
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